For the watersof Nimrimare desolate.Surelythe grassis withered,the tendergrassdiedout, There is nogreenthing.
"For eventhe doein the fieldhas givenbirthonly to abandon[her young], Becausethere is nograss.
"From the outcryat Heshboneven to Elealeh,even to Jahazthey have raisedtheir voice,from Zoareven to Horonaim[and to] Eglath-shelishiyah;for eventhe watersof Nimrimwill becomedesolate.
A fireconsumesbeforethem And behindthem a flameburns.The landis like the gardenof Edenbeforethem But a desolatewildernessbehindthem, And nothingat allescapesthem.
"Ataroth,Dibon,Jazer,Nimrah,Heshbon,Elealeh,Sebam,Neboand Beon,
and Beth-nimrahand Beth-haranas fortifiedcities,and sheepfoldsfor sheep.
and in the valley,Beth-haramand Beth-nimrahand Succothand Zaphon,the restof the kingdomof Sihonkingof Heshbon,with the Jordanas a border,as faras the [lower] endof the Seaof Chinnerethbeyondthe Jordanto the east.
The firstsounded,and there camehailand fire,mixedwith blood,and they were thrownto the earth;and a thirdof the earthwas burnedup, and a thirdof the treeswere burnedup, and allthe greengrasswas burnedup.
